Fatal shooting occurred in February after police say man "turned in an aggressive manner with an object in his hand."
A Bernalillo County grand jury has determined that the Feb. 8 fatal shooting of Andrew Lopez by Albuquerque Police Department Officer Justin Montgomery was justified under New Mexico law, District Attorney Kari Brandenburg announced Monday.
The case was presented to a grand jur
One of 13 killed in Thursday rampage once was counselor at N.M. high school.
Army Maj. Libardo Eduardo Caraveo, one of the 13 people killed in the Fort Hood shooting rampage Thursday, was remembered during a Veterans Day assembly Tuesday at Gadsden High School, where he was a counselor during the early 1980s, Gadsden Principal Carey Chambers told the Las Cruces Sun-News.
Caraveo, 52, of Woodbri
A person shot by an APD officer Friday night is expected to live and is facing burglary and other charges.
About 9 p.m., officers were dispatched to a home in the 9100 block of Sandy Spring SW -- an area northeast of Dennis Chavez and 98th Street -- after an audible alarm was reported, according to information released this morning by the Albuquerque Police Department.
Officers arriving on sc
An Albuquerque man has been sentenced to 30 1/2 years in prison for his role in a 2008 fatal shooting that stemmed from a case of mistaken identity.
Albuquerque police are investigating a possible officer involved shooting that occured tonight (Nov. 6). There are no further details at this time.
Police in Fort Smith, Ark., say a man wanted in the shooting of an officer during a traffic stop has been arrested in New Mexico.
Police say Tristan Honey walked into a port of entry station in San Jon about 6:30 p.m. Sunday and surrendered. The town is about 20 miles east of the New Mexico-Texas state line.
Honey is wanted in the shooting of Cpl. Barney Parsons after Parsons stopped a spor
Deputies Still Searching For One Suspect
Bernalillo County Sheriff's spokeswoman released the names of three suspects in yesterday's fatal South Valley drive-by shooting.
They are: Louie Velarde, 16; Lorenzo Velarde, 17; and Edgar Montes, 18. All three are charged with an open count of murder in the death of 19-year-old John Valenzuela.
Read this morning's Journal story here
Police are searching for a suspect near the elementary school at Cerrillos and Mariano SW in the South Valley. Check back here for updates, and pick up a copy of tomorrow's Albuquerque Journal for all the details.
